J+A is a hidden and unpretentious café/ bar just off busy Clerkenwell Road - with outdoor seating!

A great walk down an old abandoned rail way from Finsbury Park to Highgate. Most of the original platforms are sill remaining so its an interesting place to explore...

Set amongst one of my favourite housing estates in London – the Brunswick, Renoir cinema shows art-house films in it's two small but comfortable screens. I come here at least twice a month, and always on my own.

Fortitude Bakehouse, a craft bakery, hidden away on a quiet mews in Bloomsbury. 

This is one of the only buildings in London that can lift depression. Each concrete block in the building is hand cast and hand hammered. Certainly the best bannisters in town.